Mike Tyson show fact check: Did a beheaded pigeon really inspire him to start boxing?

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Mike Tyson show fact check: Did a beheaded pigeon really inspire him to start boxing?
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Hulu’s 'Mike' is a bite-sized look at heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s meteoric rise and wild, turbulent life outside the ring.

in various locations, according to Reuters. He even starred in the Animal Planet docuseries"Taking on Tyson" in 2011, which followed his 300 competitive racing pigeons.In the last scene of the second episode, 20-year-old Mike becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in the world when he beats then-champ Trevor Berbick during a 1986 fight.

" a young guy," Tyson told Rogan and comedian Tom Segura."I’m saying to myself, 'Wow, that would be cool. Get me some cubs, man.'" Tyson started with two tigers, which were waiting for him when he was released from prison a couple of months later, the boxer

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